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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02
RATS IN POULTRY HOUSES.

When a rat effects an entrance so
as to be able to come from some Sc
cure place and d%epredate on young
chicks or ducks it can destroy SO
many as to render the work of a
whole protitless. No matter where
the rat may be it must be caught or
killed. Traps are useless sometimes,
and the placing of poisons or aka
lies in the holes may be of no avail.
If the hole is found plenty of boiling
water poured therein may cause the
rat to come out; in that case a good
dog must be ready for him, and as
there are often several holes of egress
care must be taken that the rat can
only come out in n direction. If
the water does no bring him out put
plenty of ground caustic soda (con-
centrated Iye), or potash in all the
holes. Use it dry as it will readily
absorb moisture. If poison is tried,
first gain the confidence Of the rats
by feeding them at several places.
They may not touch the feed at
first, but after awhile they will ex-
pect it. Place the feed for them
regularly, where they can get it,
and continue it for several weeks,
if necessary, and when you are salts
fed that they r no longer suspic-
ious, then put the poison in the food
and the chances are that all the rats
in the neighborhood will be killed,
or those escaping death will hastily
leave.-Er.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02
BIG THINGS.

The largest suspension bridge is
the one between New York city and
Brooklyn; $500 feet. The Hottest
active volcano is Popocatapelt-
"smoking mountain'-PuebIa, Mex
leo; it is 1913 feet above the sea
level, and has a crater three miles in
circumference and a thousand feet
deep. The longest span of wire in
the world is used for a telegraph in
India, over the River Kistnah. 1t
is more than 5000 feet in length
and is 1900 feet high. The largest
ship in the world is the Great East
ern. She is $50 feet long, SO feet
broad, 60 feet deep, being2S,627 tons
burden, 1915 gross and 1894 net
register. The greatest fortress, Gil
braltar. One central rock rises to a
height of 1,435 feet above the sea
level. It's northern face is almost
perpendicular, while its east side is
full of tremendous prtcipices. The
biggest cavern is the Mammoth
Cave Kentucky. The cave consists
of a succession of irr .gular cham
bers, someo fwhich are large, situated
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02

on different levels. Some of these
are traversed by navigabIe branches
ofthe subterranean Echo river. Blind
fish are found in it's waters. The
longest tunnel in the world is that
of the st. Gothard. 1t is 81 miles
longer than the Mount Gents Tun-
mel. The biggest trees in the world
arc the mammoth trees Of Califor-
MIA. One was shown to be 276 feet
in height, 1913 feet in circumference
and rs feet at a point twelve feet
above ground. Some Of these trees
are 376 feet high and 81 feet in
diameter. Some Of the largest that
have been felled indicate an age of
from 1000 to $500 years. The lar
gest desert is that of Sahara, a vast
region of Northern Africa. The
length is 5000 miles; breadth, 900
miles; area, 100000 square miles.
Rain falls in torrents in the Sahara
at intervals Of five, tel and twenty
years. The greatest pyramid is that
of Cheops. Its masonry consisted
originally of $685. 600 cubic feet,
and still amounts to 81, 111,OOO cubic
feet. The present vertical height is
$50 feet, against 479 feet originally.
The largest bell in the world is the
great bell of Moscow. Its circum-
ference at the bottom is nearly IS
feet and its height more than 81
feet. In its stoutest part it is %
inches thick, and it's weight has been
computed to be 443, 1872 pounds
Philadelphia Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02
TO KEEP FOWLS HEALTHY.

Asiatic breeds, during the heat of
the season, are said to be sometimes
troubled with inactive livers. The
farther South, because the warmer
the climate, the more serious does
this become. The first results are
shown in disorder Of the digestive
organs, intestine fever. In cholera
the liver is one of the first organs
implicated. AS a preventive mus
tard seed and other food Of a like
nature would be indicated. The Ash
atlc breeds + large, robust, and
inclined to be inactive, and should be
prompted to take exercise, by hav-
ing something to scratch for. Dur
ing and previous to the laying sea
son small bits Of chandlery scraps
(the cake left in pressing tailow and
lard) should be thrown sparseIy inthe
yard and covered with short straw.
This and other food that they crave
will induce them to scratch to get it
and furnish needed exercise. Fowls
OF all kinds like green mustard and
radlSh tops. peppergrass, water-cress
and other biting leaves. They should
be literally supplied during their
season of growth. Prevention with
fowls is better than cure.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02
LEFT ALONE.

What did you say, dear? Breakfast?
Somehow I've slept too late;
You are very kind dear Effiie-
Go tell them not to wait,
I'll dress as quick as even / can,
Ny old hands tremble sore,
And Polly, who used to help, dear heart,
Lies 'tother side of the door.
Put away the old pipe, my dear,
couldn't smoke to-day;
I'm sort of dazed and frightened.
And don't know what to say.
I'm lonesome in the house, here,
And lonesome out of door,
never knew what lonesome meant
In all my life before.
The bees 60 humming the whole day
long,
And the first June rose has blown;
And | am eighty. | am to-day
Too old to be left alone.
O., heart of love, so still and cold!
o, precious lips so white!
For the first sad hour in sixty years
You were out of my reach last night.
can't rest now-I annot rest
Let the old man have his will,
And wander from porch to garden post;
The house is so deathly still
Wander and long for a sight of the gate
She has left ajar for me-;
We had got so used to each other dear
So USED to each other, you see.
Sixty years, and so wise and good!
She made me a better man
From the moment | kissed her fair
young face,
And our lovers life began.
And | held her hand-was it yesterday
That we stood up to be wed?
All, no, | remember, I'm eighty to-day,
And my dear wife, Polly, is dead.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02
Che gonl:ry Yard.
POULTRY NOTES.

Farm, Field and Sxoekman.
There are usually teo mary
roosters in the average faleu ~
One rooster to fifteeahsaais
for Matching purposes afnsfa
~non-sturdy breeds
Mr. James n Logan. Ohio,
ports eight Brown Ieghorn rsaets
IS having laid ninety4sevcn eggs last
November, which he thinks is halt
the weight of the fowls.
1t is no discredit to man or wo-
man to be accused of having the
chen fever 1t simply mean that
you love and admire "a beautiful bird
and take pride in being the possess
Or of such.
Cayenne pepper, one grain; sui
phate of copper, half a grain; copai-
ba, three drops mix with sufficient
flower and water to cohcre into Il
pill, and give one each night and
morning. 1t is worthy of a trial fol
roup.
Always fatten a fowl as quickly
as possible. Ten days are long
enough to get a fowl fat, and it
should be confined either in a coop
or a number in a small yard. Give
them plenty Of fresh water, and feed
four timesa day, beginning early and
giving the last meal late. A mix
ture of corn meal three parts, ground
oats one part, shorts one part scalded,
is the best for the first three meals,
with all corn and wheat that can be
eaten up clean at night.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02

The number of battles in which
the people of the United States have
been engaged as colonists and as a
nation are: French and India, 10;
Old War for Independence, 81; Sc
cond War for independence. 69; War
against Mexico, 81, and the Civil
War. 1O7.
This season Of the year eggs
command a high price, and hens de-
mand extra inducements to make
them lay. Fresh ground oyster
shells and fresh ground bone about
the poultry house and a warm break
fast of ground corn meal will great
ly help the hens to increase their
to lay.
In case of very sudden sickness
which often proves to be pneumonia,
apply a plaster of soft soap and In
dian meal from the throat down
below the bowels the first thing and
at the same time seAd for a doctor,
i .rnaless laanaealatahe
it may prove fatal in short time
The origin Of that familiar air,
ffankee Doodle is involved iii OBJ
security. 1t seems to be older than
our republic. 1t is said to be the
tune of an old English song called
Lucy Locket," which vas current
in the time of Charles |.
"A doctor in ST. Louis explains
the necessity tor having two ear by
the fact that sound is always heard
more distinctly by m ear than by
the other, and in this way it is Ioca-
ted. A man with but one ear can
hear Just as we'll as a MAJ with two,
but he cannot locate sound.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02
SEED

THE BEST VARIETIES FOR every
l. type of tobacco. Get the best and
grow tine tobacco, which is wanted and
always Price 25 cents per ounce
or 500 per pound. Write for descript-
i've list Of Tobacco Seed and the best and
most prolific SEED CORN.
r. L. RAGLAND,
49-1mo. Hyco, Virginia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-02-02

N URSERIES! |
POMONA. N. g.

THESE NURSERIES ARE LOCA-
L ted q miles west of Greensboro, at
the junction of h Richmond & Danville
and Salem Branch Railroads. There you
can find
ONE AND A HALF MILLION OF
TREES AND VINES GROWING.
Parties wanting Trees, &c, are respect
fully invited to call and examine stock
and learn the extent Of these Nurseries.
Stock consists of all the leading and new
varieties of Apple, Peach, Pear; Stand
ard and Dwarf, Plums. Apricots, Grapes,
Cherries, Mulberries, Nectarines, Figs,
Ounces, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Cur
rants, Pecans, English Walnuts, japanese
Persimmon, Strawberries, Shrubs, Roses,
Evergreens, Shade Trees, &c.-and in
fact everything of the hardy class usually
kept in a first-class Nursery,
SUITABLE FOR NORTH CAROLINA
and the Southern Border States.
New Fruits of special note are the
Yellow Transparent Apple, Lady Ingold
Peach, the Lawson, Keiffer, Lucy Duke
and Beaufort Pears, Lutte, Niagara, and
the Georgia Grape, Wofford's Winter.
Bag Descriptive Catalogues. free.
Correspondence solicited. Special in
ducements to large planters.
Address. J. VAN. LINDLEY.
Pomona, Guilford Co., y. C..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-01
PERSONAL.

Hon. Stanley It. Pullen is in the city, stop
ping at the Falmouth Hotel.
Sheriff Wormell of Bethel was In town
Monday
Mr.. F. Q. Beal of Bangor, one af the board
OF cattle commissioners, is at the Falmouth.
Mr.. James II. Bradley. formerly of this
city now represents Beaudry & Co., manu-
facturerS of presses, Boston.
Mr.. Lewellyan Morse, one of the leading
business men Of Bangor, was in the city yes
terday.
Hon. William l.. Prince is very i'll at his
house at Cumberland. For sixteen days he
has been unable to keep anything on his
stomach.
Among the guests at the Preble House
yesterday were Elliott Wood, Auburn, d. N.
Mortland, Rockland, w. McNab and E. p
Hannaford, Jr., of Montreal and Tobias
Lord, Jr, of Steep Falls.
Gen. Francis Fessenden caught one of the
largest salmon at Bangor, lately, that has
been captured this season. About one hun
bred people witnessed his triumph and were
all of the opinion that Portland has at least
one expert fisherman.
The Boston Times says: "Miss Lillian
CARL Smith, contralto, gave one of the most
enjoyable selections of the evening. Her
voice has wide range, but is particularly
clear and full in the lower register. Her
song was given with fine expression and with
artistic effect" Miss Smith was formerly a
Portland singer.
Mr.. w. ii. S. Lawrence after service of
nineteen years in the Bangor Post Office has
rendered his resignation to take effect the
first OF July. During the time he has been
in Office the business has increased enor-
mously, but the work Of his department has
ever been conducted with the greatest aceu-
racy and promptness.
Mr.. B. W. Morse of the firm of b. w. &
II. 1. Morse, of Bath, one of the most prom
inent shipbuiders and ice merchants on the
Kennebec, died there on Monday after a
short illness. He has been a citizen of high
standing for many years, and his death is
deeply deplored. His age was about sixty
| years.
On the death Of her husband, N. d. Cliff
ford, President of Wiley University, Mar
shall, Texas, Mrs. Cora Knight Cliffcrd:was
unanimously requested by trustees and stu
dents to assume the duties of the presidency
Of the institution and has entered on the dis.
charge of these responsibilities. Mrs Clifford
is daughter of A. j. Knight of East Rum.
ford, and graduate of the Wesleyan Female
College, Kent's Hill. She is lady of greai
natural capacity and superior requirements
Mr. ?. J. McCallum, the well known com
edian, few days ago met with quite severe
accident at Kansas City, where he is playing
an engagement The Grand Central Hotel,
where he is stopping, caught fire and while
he was aiding in rescuing guests he was bad
ly burned about the neck and hands. The
Kansas City Journal speaks in eulogistic
terms of Mr.. McCallum's bravery. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. MeCallum viii visit Portland
| in few days.
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Alaska.

Mr.. Charles Hallock, who has travelled in
Alaska, told the story of his travels last
evening at Williston church to very inter
ested audience.
Among the interesting facts of Mr.. Hal
locks lecture he stated that the steamer
from Portland, Oregon, runs to Sitka. San
Francisco is on the middle meridian from
Eastport, Maine, to Aleut Island, Alaska.
The Yukon river is navigable for over 1000
miles. The Yukon gold fields are in British
America. The climate is very mild in many
parts. Grain has ripened upon The Arctic
circle on the Yukon. In the northern part
are coal and lead mines. There were 1872
towns of some size when the territoryw was
coded to the United States in 1867. The
agents of the Seal Islands endeayor to con-
vey the impression that the country is only
valuable for fur. The Douglass Island Gold
Company runs 124 stamps, and puts out
$4,000 per month. Timber grows of such
size that the Indian make canoes hewn from
single logs that carry 60 persons. The
speaker had seen trees nine feet in diameter.
These trees are species of cedar. Moose
and deer roam through the forests in great
droves. Nothing can be more picturesque
than the steamer Tip along this coast.
| Mountains rise ten to fifteen Thousand feet
In height; and these mountains are only in
keeping with the grandeur of the scenery.
| Glaciers 300 feet in height flow out into the
| bay--a slowly moving frozen river.
| The Indians are not like any other tribes in
| the country-Some dark, some light with
boards like ourselves. The interior tribes
| are notso civilized as those upon the coast.
| They are very anxious to be educated, plead
| inc for schools and clurobac Wi nu0h
| eagerness. Mr.. Jacksons industrial school
for the Indians is doing great good He To-
Gated some eight or ten schools last year,
and he has just left Washington for another
mission school The Indians are very in
dustrious and Ingenious, showing mechanical
taste in great degree The United States
appropriate $4,000 per year for educational
purposes. ;. There is no citizenship nor repre-
sentative in Congress No land can be pur-
chased. A stick of timber cut is a trespass
leagainst the United States
The Indians who are not civilized are very
superStltious, believing in the transmigratiOn
OF souls The river is the sacred bird. Their
totems. or sacred coats of arms, are found
on everything, as by these they keep the his
tory of their families. Their medicine men
are a bad lot, and have been the means of
| doing great deal of harm by their attempt
| to lay the blame of the death Of their victim
| to wltchcraft, and many lives have been
sacrificed in the past
| Volcanoes in active eruption are seen along
| the coast, some of the largest in the world
| being situated here.
Like all travellers, the speaker told some
fish stories," which he declared to be true.
Wild goats are so plenty that the bedding of
nearly all the people is made from their
| skins. ehe clothing is woven from their
| hair, and their horns are made into spoons.
| Some attempts are being made to introduce
domestic animals and poultry into the coun-
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Island Notes.

There were large number of visitors at
Peaks Island yesterday.
The steamer Cadet max es regular evening
trips to accommodate parties from the city
who desire to attend the opera house.
Last evening Mr.. Balabrega and his troupe
repeated their exhibition with good succe IS.
Captain Knowlton will next Saturday af-
ternoon hold grand carnival for the chill
dren, at which time prize of fye-dollar
gold piece will be given to the boy or girl
who has originated the largest number of
words from the letters comprising the
words Greenwood Garden" Each compel
itor must enclose the slips of paper on
which the words are written in an envelope
and deposit it with the ticket seller before
the entertainment commences.
Mr.. Littlejohn has sold his yacht Marian
Gray to. Mr.. c. III. Trefethen, and has pur-
chased the Mineral which will be launched
at House Island today.
The Peaks Islands will play game of base
ball with the High Sch DOL nine next Satur-
doV
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For the Fast Train.

Yesterday afternoon one of the new ten
ders for the locomotives which will draw the
Maine Centrals fast train this summer was
delivered to the road by the Portland Com
pany. The tender is very large, with great
carrying capacity for coal and water, and is
handsomely finished. Beneath the floor
hangs the scoop through which water will be
taken from the tanks in the track. The
scoop is lowered and raised by means of a
lever which is placed in the tender at the
front, where the fireman can handle it easily.
The tender is provided with an ingenious de-
vice to prevent the wheel boxes from heat
ing. Pipes to contain cold water are placed
above the wheels along the side. From these
pipes, tubes, provided with cocks which can
be opened or shut from the tender, connect
with the boxes and allow the cold water to
be poured into them when the boxes become
heated. This system is connected with SINH
lar pipes on the locomotive, through which
water may be let into the boxes of the for
ward wheels of the engine. The brakes on
the tender are placed between the wheels of
the rear truck instead of at the end of the
truck. in order to give room for the scoop.
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THE GRAND TRUNK.
Ar Extension to be Built from Grove
ton to Coiebrook.

AT meeting of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal Railway Company at Plymouth
N. H., Monday, resolutions were adopted up
holding the recent action of the directors in
trying to break the lease to the Boston &
Lowell, and directing them to use every
honorable endeavor to break it; also TO ex-
anime or cause to be examined the track bed
md fixtures of the road to see if 1t is in good
condition, and II not to endeavor to have
necessary repairs made. As soon as the
directors secure the control of the road they
are in favor of having an extension to Cole
brook built and such other extensions in
Coos county and Pemigewasset Valley as
the needs of the people require. This ex-
tension is an important one, as it would give
the road valuable connection with the
Grand Trunk. As Is known, n corporation
entitled the Upper Coos Railroad has already
secured liberal subscriptions for narrow
gauge line from Colebro0k to North STRAIT
ford, and an engineer is surveying the route
with the expectation that ground will be
broken within three months. The connec-
ton at North Stratford will be made with
the Grand Trunk, which is likely tie result in
intimate relations between those two cor
poratiens. 1t was for years the design of
the Montreal directors to build and control
an extension from Groveton, on the Grand
Trunk line, to Colebrook. From what was
said informally it seems quite probable that
the Montreal directors will take some prac-
teal action on the question of this Colebrook
extension, perhaps assist in such financial
aid as viii enable them to control. In such
an event the narrow gauge plan would be
| abandoned, and ID is quite likely that the ex-
tension would be from Groveton instead of
from North Stratford TO Colebrook. What
is known as the meridian route would be
most likely to be adopted, which would
strike the Connecticut Valley in the town of
| Columbia 1t was evident that the Montreal
| directors realized the Importance of taking
| part in and controlling the proposed Coos
extension, which is certain in the end to
make an important Canadian connection.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-01

E,OR sALE-For the next ten days, at 51S
IL Congress 81, oher my entire stock OIL Dry
and Fancy Goods, at lower prices than the lowest
ON account Of poor health and wishing to close out
my business in consequence. l.. ID. STROUT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-01
DEATHS

In this city, May 81. Lucy A. Oliver, wife Of
Thomas Payne, aged 29 years months.
Notice of funeral hereafter
In this city, May 80, Michael COnley.
Funeral this afternoon at $50 O'Clock, from
No. A Centre street.
In Leeds. May 20. Elizabeth A Moore, aged II
years months.
In North Auburn. May %, William B. Staples
aged 81 years.
In Wiscasset, May Is, Mrs. Margaret Smith
;ped n years.
In Gardiner. May 49, Mrs. Emeline Chase. aged
CT years 3 months,-relict of the late Noah Cross
In Eambrldgeport, May 20. Mary A., wife OF
A. NJ Blake.
burial service at Evergreen Cemetery, Deering
at 2.3o O'Clock to-day. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend
In Auburn, N. Y, May &c. Mrs Sally N. Gross
aged 80 years,-formerly OF New Gloucester
Lewiston papers copy.l
burial at New Gloucester, Wednesday after
noon.
1.-THE funeral service of the late Mrs. Lizzie e.
wife of VIM. A. Brooks. will take place this Wed
nosday forenoon. at ii O'Clock, at No. 81 State
street. Burial private.
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The Haydns.

On Wednesday next the Haydns will give
musical entertainment at their new quar-
tiers in Mechanics Hall, and the rehearsals
for the event are well attended by the men,
bers. The first part of the programme will
be miscellaneous concert at which Billeta's
Ave Maria. Schumann's "Gypsey Life"
Schubert'S ''The Lord is Ny Shepherd" ar
ranged for female chorus, and Ludolve's
Morning Serenade," arranged for male
chorus, will be given. The second part will
consist of Killers Song of Victory" in
which Mrs. Fellows will take the soprano
solos. Among the soprano solos of the even
ing will be those by Miss Lynch, and among
the contralto solos those by Miss Walsh.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-01

MALE HELP.

WAMTED-Ten good men to sell NewtOn's
w Excelsior Sell Wringing Mop, good pay 20
the Ight parties Call or write 10 ALLEN n.
St., Portland, Me. 254
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-01

DHAETON FOR SALE - BY REUBEN
ii WESCOTT, 416 Fore ST., or 20 Anderson
St, good trade for some one, as will sell cheap
for cash. 2S-2
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Canon WiIberforce.

Rev. Canon Wilberforce of southampton.
england, VIII arrive in this city by the noon
train today and remain here for some days
as the guest of Gen. Neal Dow. Canon
Wilberforce is grandson Of William Will
berforce and son of the late Bishop Wilber-
force, who was prominent member of the
clergy of the Church of England. The Canon
is man about 40 years of age and
has won great distinction in his native conn
try as a preacher and platform orator He
is prominently identified with the temper
ance cause. When Gen. Dow was in
England he visited Canon Wherefore. The
Canon is accompanied by his wife and
daughter.